A bill to formalize street closures on Aurora just passed the public safety committee, and there's talk of beefing up "police presence," with renewed discussion of satellite precincts.
"Send in the National Guard!" says man whose job depends on people overreacting to crime out of fear to sell surveillance.
I saw an Axon Wifi SSID across the street from me the other day and had noticed a new camera, so apparently they also provide traffic cameras (this one in particular is pointed at a crosswalk/stoplight on an arterial near a school).
Is this supposed to be reporting? Reads like a weak opinion piece. And I know you’re not touting crime stats while you’ve also been skeptical in the past of police crime data, way to talk out of both sides of your mouth. Go tell north Seattle residents they’re overreacting and to look at the data lmao
You must not follow us very well or at all because we use crime data constantly in this work. We've been skeptical of how police crime data is misused, not the fact that data exists and is useful. We can guarantee you that in the end-of-year crime report, Shon Barnes will be pointing to this reduction as proof positive that SPD's Aurora interventions worked, when the trends were already
While it's not overreacting for people to be alarmed about a series of shootouts that occurred over the course of a week, it is the definition of overreacting to treat this as an escalating crisis when the trends have been going in the opposite direction for two years.
"Send in the National Guard!" says man whose job depends on people overreacting to crime out of fear to sell surveillance.
I saw an Axon Wifi SSID across the street from me the other day and had noticed a new camera, so apparently they also provide traffic cameras (this one in particular is pointed at a crosswalk/stoplight on an arterial near a school).
Is this supposed to be reporting? Reads like a weak opinion piece. And I know you’re not touting crime stats while you’ve also been skeptical in the past of police crime data, way to talk out of both sides of your mouth. Go tell north Seattle residents they’re overreacting and to look at the data lmao
You must not follow us very well or at all because we use crime data constantly in this work. We've been skeptical of how police crime data is misused, not the fact that data exists and is useful. We can guarantee you that in the end-of-year crime report, Shon Barnes will be pointing to this reduction as proof positive that SPD's Aurora interventions worked, when the trends were already
While it's not overreacting for people to be alarmed about a series of shootouts that occurred over the course of a week, it is the definition of overreacting to treat this as an escalating crisis when the trends have been going in the opposite direction for two years.